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Katherine Heigl: The GQ Interview

The beautiful Katherine Heigl recently sat down for a Q&A and photo shoot with GQ Magazine. Here's her take on Grey's Anatomy, Steven Seagal, Dick Cheney and more - along with some neat photos.

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GQ: How are things on the Grey's Anatomy set today? Everyone behaving themselves? Any fistfights or wrestling matches?Katherine Heigl: [laughs] So far so good for 2007.

GQ: When you guys talk about medical things on the air, do you know what you're talking about?Katherine Heigl: I have no idea what I'm talking about. There are other actors on the set who are more fascinated with medicine, but I'm not one of those people. I admire doctors, but I'm an actor.

GQ: Patrick Dempsey's hair â€" as amazing in real life as it looks on TV?Katherine Heigl: Yes. Sometimes he comes to work with one of those, like, beanie caps on, and when he takes it off, it's not as McDreamy as the rest of the world sees it, but he's got a great head of hair.

GQ: Have you ever run your hand through it?Katherine Heigl: Once. On the pilot, actually. My mother was visiting the set, and we were just chatting with him. And I just looked up at him, and I was like, you know, "Can I just touch it?"

GQ: That's how the guy from Whitesnake met his wife! So what's Josh's groupie situation like?Katherine Heigl: You know, I don't ask. The only policy I have is that there can be no girls on the bus. I mean, it's fine if they're other band members' wives or serious girlfriends. But if they're not dating anybody and they're just bringing random chicks on the bus, I'm not cool with it.

GQ: Have any of his fellow bandmates complained about the "no girls on the bus" policy to you?Katherine Heigl: Not yet, but I'm sure they do behind my back. [laughs]

GQ: You know, despite your growing fame, you don't seem to be one of these people who's under siege by the paparazzi. We don't see photos of you exiting automobiles in front of nightclubs in compromising positionsâ€"Katherine Heigl: Well, my mother always told me to wear clean underwear, so you won't see that happening with me anytime soon.

GQ: I have to ask you about Under Siege 2, which you starred in when you were 16 years old. Do you have any good Steven Seagal stories?Katherine Heigl: He was a very interesting man. He was going through a divorce, and he wasâ€¦ I was so young and naive, I had no concept of people like that. And he was so Hollywood, like auditioning women for the part of the girl who lies on the beach topless â€" a line around the trailer of women who would just go in there and show him their tits.

GQ: That's the best Steven Seagal story I think I've ever heard. Meanwhile, you're also in Knocked Up, the new movie from [The 40 Year-Old Virgin director] Judd Apatowâ€"it's about a man who has a one-night stand and impregnates the girl. You're the girl. Did you have to wear one of those baby-belly harnesses?Katherine Heigl: Oh God, forever. Some days it would only be the three-month belly, and some days it was the nine-month belly. I smoke, so I'd be, like, standing outside smoking with my nine-month belly. And people would just give me these looks.

GQ: You were like, [inhales] "What's it to you?"Katherine Heigl: Like, "None of your business. Whatever."

GQ: Okay, speed round. If you had to attend a professional sporting event, what would it be?Katherine Heigl: NASCAR.

GQ: Would you kiss Dick Cheney on the lips for a million dollars to your favorite charity?Katherine Heigl: Yeah.

GQ: Would you do it for $10,000 to your favorite charity?Katherine Heigl: I mean, how long is the kiss?

GQ: Long enough that he remembers it.Katherine Heigl: But no tongue, right?

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Gemma•June 05, 2007 20:01

Katherine Heigl is my favourite actress but she's so stupid, I can't believe she smokes, I used to really admire her and I still do but not as much. She's so beautiful and talented and she's completely wrecking her life!

Jman•June 03, 2007 20:56

Oy! OK, Katherine Heigl does smoke in real life. It's been documented many times; just do a Google search. For those who say she is beautiful now - and she is - she will start to lose those looks in about 10 years. Just research those actresses that smoke and you will see a considerable difference between the way they look now and how they looked when they first arrived "on the scene". It's not pretty. If she wants to lose those looks of hers then that's her business. There will be another person to replace her in a few years anyway. So enjoy her now while you can because she won't be around later; especially if she can't kick that deadly addiction of hers.

Mirella•May 23, 2007 17:12

I'm so sick of her. In a recent interview, she stated she hates hollywood people who complain. Wasn't she just in the public complaining about how she is underpaid and underappreciated? Give me a break. She already makes more than most of us will see in a lifetime.

SARAH M.•May 07, 2007 13:48

Go katie! you are the best actress ever!

KATHERINES #1 FAN IN THE WORLD•May 06, 2007 16:46

KATHERINE HEIGL ROCKS AND I AGREE DO YOU REALLY THINK SHE IS GONNA LOSE ANY SLEEP OVER WHAT WE SAY AND POST ON THIS WEBSITE? THE ONLY REASON I WANT HER TO QUIT SMOKING IS BECAUSE I WANT HER TO STILL BE AROUND IN 30 YEARS+ TO BE MAKING AMAZING SHOWS AND MOVIES! GO KATIE I LOVE YA! YOU ARE AWESOME!

SARAH M.•May 06, 2007 16:35

KATHERINE HEIGL ROCKS AND I AM HER #1 FAN!

Sarah M.•May 06, 2007 16:33

I LOVE KATIE HEIGL! SHE IS SUCH AN AMAZING ACTRESS AND SHE IS ABSOLUTLY GORGEOUS! SHE IS THE BEST ACTRESS IN THE WORLD, AND I AM HER BIGGEST FAN! GREYS ANATOMY IS THE BEST, ROSWELL SI THE BEST, ALL HER MOVIES ARE THE BEST AND KNOCKED UP WILL BE FABULOUS! SO WHAT IF SHE SMOKES? OK, ITS NOT THE BEST HABBIT AND SHE SHOULD QUIT, BUT MAYBE SHES TRIED AND MAYBE SHE IS STILL TRYING! KATHERINE HEIGL ROCKS!

Izzies numba 1 fan•May 06, 2007 03:51

So what if she smokes! both my parents smoke. it doesnt mean i want to! im only 14 but shes a great role model to me! shes a great actress and it doesnt matter to me that she smokes! its a really hard habbit to drop! its her life so she can do what she wants with it!you wouldnt appreciate people telling you how to live your lives and judging you just because you smoked! nobodys perfect, we all have our little habits we want to give up! if you dont have anything nice to say, then dont say anything at all!! izzie rocks and so does katie!!! yay

you know me•May 05, 2007 04:28

ok why are u people focusing on her smoking seriously?! what is wrong with you people. you always have to find some reason not to like someone and for those of you that said you really don't mind it? you're still talking about it. ugh!!! and if you're going to say that you don't like her and you don't care for her then don't post a freakin comment!!

Derek: I am calling post-it, Zola, Bailey, the tumors on the wall, ferryboat scrub caps. I thought D.C. was everything. I was wrong. You... you're everything. I love you and I'm not going to stop loving you. I can't live without you. I don't want to live without you, and I'm going to do everything in my power to prove it. Meredith: I can live without you, but I don't want to. I don't ever want to.